Business

This week, I had the privilege of sitting in on the first webinar in a series our company is involved in with CPA Australia. The series is called On The Pulse hosted by Peter Switzer. The first guest, David Gonski, is (among many things) Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, chair of the […]

I've been doing some research lately into the topic of selling to women. I remember years ago being so annoyed with bank managers, real estate agents, insurance salesmen and car salesmen (and yes, I say men as 99.9 per cent of them were men) to name a few. In our family, I make 50 per […]

"SUP": (slang of "what's up?") inquiry used as a verbal or text greeting. I couldn’t help wondering if that is what Kerry Stokes or James Packer will say to each other next time they meet. It may be a short conversation that goes along the following lines. Kerry to James, whilst nodding says, “Hey James, […]

One of the key findings of a recent study based on data collected for Executive Managers and Key Management Personnel as part of the 2008 EOWA Australian Census of Women in Leadership – Pay, Power and Position – was that remuneration generally increases as companies get larger (measured by market capitalisation) but it increases much […]

Saw the French film Coco Avant Chanel last week. What an inspirational story. She went from orphan to entrepreneur extraordinaire in a period in history when any woman would have found it tough. It takes courage break out and do things against the norm. I recommend this film highly to anyone looking for inspiration to […]

As your business grows, it should begin to take on a life of its own and unless it’s structured to do this, its ability to grow will be limited. If you have structured your business well, it will need less and less of your input in the day-to-day technical work. Your capacity to be everywhere […]

I've been in business over 20 years now and seen a lot of changes but one constant is that women have a tendency to keep themselves from the limelight. Of course, there are exceptions to this, but on so many occasions I see women declining opportunities for publicity. In numerous business awards, the line up […]

There is an entrepreneur in many of us. We dream of opening a café, owning a shop or starting some business venture from home. We act as entrepreneurs in our corporate life, running our division, leading people or coming up with innovations to drive up sales. There are so many opportunities to be developed and […]

Welcome to the future and my first contribution to what we believe will be a wonderful website offering self directed investors many opportunities on an ongoing basis. A great place to start is to make some predictions about the future. Being in the prediction business is a haphazard occupation, a little bit like trying to […]